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There will be a speaker blog for each speaker with links to studies, snippets from the interview, related articles and blogs, videos if they are available and a speaker gift. This will be a place for you to comment and ask your questions during the summit.
Here is the complete speaker line-up and some snippets from a few speakers.
Wednesday, May 6th
Trudy Scott CN, “New 2015 Food/Nutrient Research on Anxiety and Speaker Highlights”
Dr. Daniel Amen MD, “The Brain Warriors Way to Attacking Anxiety, Depression and Aging”
Here are a few snippets from my wonderful interview with Dr. Daniel Amen, THE brain doctor!
- women’s brains are more active and we make less serotonin
- testosterone boosts GABA and sugar consumption can drop your testosterone by 20%
- benzodiazapines reduce blood flow to the brain (and we know that they can cause pseudo-dementia
- Amen proposed that the BCP (birth control pill) is likely the reason that 23% of women 28-60 are taking anti-depressants
- eat real food, plenty of organic produce, healthy fats and grass-fed red meat
Thursday, May 7th
Julia Rucklidge PhD, “What if… Nutrition could Treat Anxiety and Depression?”
Rebecca Katz MS, “Your Brain on Food: The Science and Alchemy of Yum for Alleviating Anxiety!”
Here are a few snippets from my interview with Rebecca Katz, the queen of yum!
- Pumpkin seeds are “nature’s smallest antidepressant next to a snowflake”
- Pumpkin seeds are a source of iron which has been shown to boost cognitive performance, especially in women of childbearing years. Iron is also a co-factor for making our neurotransmitters
- Parlsey and mint are so accessible and eating them “is like eating oxygen” (I recently shared the delicious pomegranate olive mint salsa recipe from Rebecca’s new Healthy Mind Cookbook
Friday, May 8th
Summer Bock, “Sauerkraut for Gut Healing and Reducing Anxiety”
Dr. Peter Osborne DC, “Grainflammation – How Grain Consumption Contributes to Anxiety and other Mood Disorders”
Saturday, May 9th
Lierre Keith, “Anxiety, Depression, and the Vegetarian Diet”
Kaayla T. Daniel PhD, “Real Food for Anxiety: Butter, Broth and Beyond”
Sunday, May 10th
Dr. Allison Siebecker ND, “Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth and Anxiety”
Ann Louise Gittleman PhD, CNS, “The Parasite/Anxiety Connection”
Here are a few snippets from my interview with the legendary Ann Louise Gittleman PhD, CNS, grande dame of nutrition!
- Parasitic infections in the USA are far more common than you would expect – in fact the estimates are that 1 in every 3 people have parasite/s
- Parasites can contribute to or cause anxiety and fear by altering “hormonal and neurotransmitter communication and/or direct interference with the neurons and brain regions that mediate behavioural expression”
- According to folklore, parasites are more active around the full moon, so testing and treating around this time may yield better results
Monday, May 11th
Dr. Eva Selhub MD, “How to Heal Anxiety with Nature and the Body, not just with the Mind”
Dr. Jill Carnahan MD, “Is Toxic Mold the Hidden Cause of Your Anxiety?”
Tuesday, May 12th
Joe Tatta DPT, “Nutritional Influences on Anxiety and Musculoskeletal Pain”
Magdalena Wszelaki, “Foods to balance your hormones and ease anxiety – part 1”
Wednesday, May 13th
Dr. Benjamin Lynch ND, “How Methylfolate can make you Feel Worse and even Cause Anxiety, and What to do about it”
Magdalena Wszelaki, “Foods to balance your hormones and ease anxiety – part 2”
Thursday, May 14th
Mira Calton CN and Jayson Calton PhD, “Micronutrients for Eliminating Anxiety”
Yasmina Ykelenstam, “Histamine-containing Foods: their Role in Anxiety, Depression and Schizophrenia – part 1”
Friday, May 15th
Dr. Peter Bongiorno ND, “Serotonin and Anxiety, Happiness, Digestion and our Hormones”
Yasmina Ykelenstam, “Histamine-containing Foods: their Role in Anxiety, Depression and Schizophrenia – part 1”
Saturday, May 16th
Karla A Maree CNC, “Pyroluria, Amino Acids and Anxiety: Real Cases, Real Solutions”
Trudy Scott CN, “Pyroluria, Amino Acids and Anxiety: Troubleshooting when you are not getting results”
Sunday, May 17th
Dr. Kim D’Eramo DO, “How to use MindBody Medicine to Reverse Anxiety in 3 Minutes or Less”
Lebby Salinas, The Fooducator®, “How Gluten Elimination Healed Me and Eliminated my Anxiety”
Monday, May 18th – you’ll vote for your favorites to be replayed
Tuesday, May 19th
Dan Stratford, “My Anxiety-Zinc Story and the Message of Hope We Offer”
Trudy Scott CN, “Closing call: 30+ Nutritional & Biochemical Causes/Solutions and Recommended Supplements”
Wednesday, May 20th you’ll vote for your favorites to be replayed
I have not yet interviewed Dr. Ben Lynch ND, on “How too much methyfolate may actually make you more anxious”. [4/24/15 interview has now been done]
Nor have I interviewed Dr. Peter Bongiorno ND, on “Serotonin and Anxiety, Happiness, Digestion and our Hormones” [4/24/15 interview has now been done]
Let me know if you have questions you’d like me to ask these doctors.
I hope you can join us! And do let us know which speakers and topics are of particular interest in the comment section below.
The Anxiety Summit site has officially launched! Yay! You can now see all the incredible speakers and topics at www.theanxietysummit.com
I am just so excited to kick this off Wednesday May 6 at 9am PST. It will run thru May 20 with 2 speakers per day available for viewing at no charge.
You will, of course, have the option to upgrade and purchase digital audios or digital audios/transcripts. And now for the first time we’re offering physical CDs with audios/transcripts.
This will be over 25 hours of top-notch anxiety nutritional solutions from people I have hand-picked! Plus 3 talks I will be doing on new research, amino acid and pyroluria troubleshooting, 60+ nutritional causes of anxiety and the supplements I recommend.
If you signed up for either season 1 or season 2, or pre-registered for season 3 there is no need to sign up again – you will get the season 3 daily emails announcing speakers, gifts, fun drawings and special offers. If you’re not sure if you are signed up, you can sign up again no problem. If you use the same email address you won’t get duplicate emails.
Register here www.theanxietysummit.com
Oh my goodness! I’m so excited for season three to start!
Wonderful Tandy! me too! The interviews so far have all been absolutely fabulous! I’m so pleased you’ll be joining us!
I know you put your heart and soul into these summits and those interested in your topic will learn so much.
Thanks Sue! I certainly do put my heart and soul into these summits! I love finding excellent speakers/topic and just love doing the interviews. And of course, I love sharing great these incredible resources with anxious folks and practitioners working with anxious patients/clients
Please ask Dr. Lynch is having multiple genetic snaps from 23 and me testing along with many other snps and a double Dao missing enzyme could interfer with having Synthroid not convert to T3 well for me.
I have a complete thyroidectomy and on nine years cannot make Synthroid make me feel well but if I use Cytomel my spine feels on fire.
Thank you
Marian
Thanks for this question for Dr Lynch. Since our topic is methylfolate and MTHFR defects can you please let me know if you do have one of the MTHFR SNPs, which one/s and homozygous or heterozygous? and do you take methylfolate and how much?
I need a little more information please – you say “cannot make Synthroid make me feel well” – please elaborate…low energy? anxiety? cold? Also, have you used Naturethroid or Westhroid? and the results?
Thanks
Trudy
Hi Trudy,
If my understanding is correct, William Walsh of the Walsh Research Institute explains that folates of any kind (methylfolate, folic acid, etc)will cause there to be less serotonin activity at the synapse because folates promote the expression of the SERT enzyme which increases serotonin reuptake. He warns that those who are undermethylators should not take folate if they have cognitive/mood issues, as it will make their anxiety or depression worse. Since those with the MTHFR gene defect are likely undermethylators, his advice contradicts Dr Lynch’s advice regarding the use of folate. Could you ask Dr Lynch if he has any opinion regarding this?
Dr. Walsh has treated over 30,000 patients with mental health problems and has one of the largest lab chemistry data bases in the world. It would be great to see the top doctors collaborating on the methylation cycle as it seems to be a large piece of the puzzle for so many people. Maybe a methylation summit? It’s such a complicated and confusing subject and there seems to be some contradictory information out there.
Thanks for the opportunity to ask a question.
Paula
Hi Paula
These are excellent questions you bring up!
The terminology can be confusing so I will recap my understanding here:
Undermethylators/high histamine/histadelia = folate not good
Overmethylators or low folate/low histamine/histapenia = folate helps symptoms
This is from the work of Carl Pfeiffer (his book “Nutrition and Mental Illness” is excellent) and is also written about in Joan Matthews Larson’s wonderful book “Depression-Free Naturally” and Eva Edelman’s “Natural Healing for Schizophrenia.”
As you’re aware Dr Walsh uses this terminology too. His book is “Nutrient Power.” Here is a snippet from a PP of his (http://www.alternativementalhealth.com/articles/TheRoleofEpigeneticsinMentalHealth-WilliamWalsh.pdf)
“Undermethylated mental patients are intolerant to folic acid, but most overmethylated mental patients improve after folic acid supplements.
Folic Acid generates acetylase enzymes that alter histones, promoting expression of SERT and DAT transporter proteins. SERT and DAT enhance reuptake at serotonin and dopamine synapses…. thus reducing NT activity.
For undermethylators, the harmful impact of folic acid at NT synapses greatly exceeds the benefits of normalizing methylation.”
So there is a place for methylfolate. I don’t know anything about SERT and DAT transporter proteins so can’t comment on that aspect, but look forward to learning more.
You say “Since those with the MTHFR gene defect are likely undermethylators.” I don’t know that this is a true statement. Do you have a source for this? It’s certainly not the case with me – I have the MTHFR 1298C defect and have low histamine/histapenia/overmethylation (using the Carl Pfeiffer terminology).
As far as I’m aware Dr Walsh does NOT feel the MTHFR defects play a role in all of this. I hope to learn more and interview him on a future Anxiety Summit.
I have not seen Dr Lynch write about histapenia and histadelia or the work of Carl Pfeiffer, although some recent comments in this blog http://mthfr.net/taking-folate-and-feeling-badly-methylation-requires-balance/2011/11/15/ refer to Walsh and Dr Lynch says he’ll check it out.
Dr Lynch is not a big fan of the terms overmethylation and undermethylation. And when he talks about overmethylation and undermethylation I think he is referring to the methylation process being more effective/speeding up and being less effective/slowing down within a few days of adding methylfolate supplements (http://mthfr.net/overmethylation-and-undermethylation-case-study/2012/06/27/)
So I feel we have some terminology differences AND some differences of opinions.
Both Dr Walsh and Dr Lynch see amazing results with their patients/clients but I agree with you – I’d love to clear up some of the confusion. I’m going send this question and my answer to Dr Lynch for our interview next Friday. Since he may need to do some additional prep/research, we may have have to do a deeper dive into this question on a future summit. Hopefully he’ll be able to add something to the discussion this time.
I did also interview Yamsina (www.thelowhistaminechef.com) for this summit and she too was not familiar with the work of Carl Pfeiffer so it’s exciting that we can all learn from each other and advance the field.
Finally, this is not all bad because it gets us thinking and asking questions and digging deeper.
Trudy
PS thanks again for the question – it’s been on my list to look into this whole topic so stay tuned for more information and more blogs on this area
The following quote from the link below gave me the impression that the MTHFR mutation usually caused undermethylation, but farther down it also references where Dr Walsh says it’s possible to have MTHFR and not be undermethylated.
http://latitudes.org/dr-william-walsh-autism-ocd-pandas-depression-methylation/
In your opinion, do people fall into either an overmethylated or undermethylated status or can you be an undermethylator in certain areas of the methylation cycle and an overmethylator in other areas of the cycle? If someone has some traits of an undermethylator and some traits of an overmethylator, what would you recommend?
Dr. Walsh: Based on my massive chemistry database, about 22% of the population is undermethylated and 8% overmethylated. These are inborn tendencies that usually persist throughout life. Undermethylation usually results from single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that weaken MTHFR or other enzymes in the methylation cycle. Overmethylation is generally caused by enzyme weaknesses (SNPs) in the SAMe utilization pathways.
What are your thoughts on using genetic testing, such as “23 and Me” to create an individual methylation roadmap/treatment plan.
Dr. Walsh: Genetic testing is quite inexpensive, highly accurate, reliable, and will certainly grow in importance in future years. These tests can already identify predispositions for many disorders such as breast cancer and Alzheimer’s and may soon obsolete the need for pap smears. However the reliability of genetic testing for assessing methylation is quite limited at present. Identifying SNP weaknesses in MTHFR and other methylation-cycle enzymes does not necessarily mean that individual is undermethylated. There is a “tug-of-war” competition between enzyme SNPs that weaken methylation and SNPs in the SAMe utilization pathway that can produce overmethylation.
I believe you’re right Trudy in saying this is not all bad because it gets everyone thinking and digging deeper. I think both Dr Lynch and Dr Walsh bring invaluable information to the discussion, each adding something that can further illuminate how this complicated process works. Thanks again to you for providing us an opportunity to ask questions.
Paula
Paula
This is a perfect summary of Dr Walsh’s approach – thank you!
This part is interesting: “Undermethylation usually results from single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that weaken MTHFR or other enzymes in the methylation cycle. Overmethylation is generally caused by enzyme weaknesses (SNPs) in the SAMe utilization pathways.” I’d love to know which ones… and then he says “However the reliability of genetic testing for assessing methylation is quite limited at present”
His percentages are also interesting and I would challenge this saying it’s very likely based on the people he has worked with: 22% of the population is undermethylated (high histamine) and 8% overmethylated (low histamine).
When I worked with Julia Ross we saw way more low histamine and that is likely because we worked with more women who seem to be prone to low histamine.
This is also what Carl Pfeiffer found: “These are inborn tendencies that usually persist throughout life” and was my understanding until I started learning from Dr Lynch 2 years ago. Now I’m confused too!
Here is a nice post by Chris Kresser (http://chriskresser.com/methylation-what-is-it-and-why-should-you-care) I’m going to paraphrase some of it. He says yes do the 23and me testing but: “genetics do not always predict functional methylation capacity”…”I really believe that we need to be testing both”… “There are different ways to test functional methylation capacity. Doctor’s Data has a methylation panel blood test. Health Diagnostics and Research Institute has a Methylation Pathways Panel that’s good and I tend to use in my practice. Genova has a Complete Hormones profile that, among other things, looks at the ability to convert proliferative estrogen metabolites into less proliferative metabolites, and those conversions are methylation dependent. So if you see poor conversion happening there, that’s a methylation issue. The urine organics acids profile from Genova has some methylation markers, active folate and B12 deficiency. And then a urine amino acids profile can be helpful to look at taurine levels and levels of other metabolites in the methylation cycle.”
This above blog has comments about Walsh and Lynch too BTW so they are worth a read.
Of course Dr Lynch supports the fact that just because you have a defect it doesn’t mean you are affected by it so the additional functional testing makes total sense. And he recommends this additional testing too.
I feel it’s time to mesh the old research and prior work Carl Pfeiffer did, the work Dr Walsh is doing, Dr Lynch’s work and the new methylation research. And the wisdom from other practitioners like Chris Kresser and people like you who are digging and reading and asking questions
We clearly all have lots to learn!
Trudy
PS as you can tell this topic has been front and center in my mind for awhile so it’s good to get it down in writing here (so thanks for asking this question!)
Paula
Thanks for asking these questions – such an important topic that I created a new blog post https://www.everywomanover29.com/blog/methylation-and-anxiety-histadelia-and-histapenia/
Trudy
Hi Trudy, I just stumbled across your website and I’m so thrilled by the ray of hope you’ve instilled in me. Thank you. I’m wondering if you have any sort of sliding scale to purchase your video series?
Tamala
Wonderful – hope is so important! I don’t have a video series, just the Anxiety Summit audio series and transcripts.
I’m afraid there is no sliding scale but you’ll find a wealth of information here in my blogs and via my weekly newsletter. My book “The Antianxiety Food Solution” is very affordable too. Do also join us for season 4 of the Anxiety Summit in November http://www.theanxietysummit.com – you can listen to 2 speakers a day for 24 hours at no charge!
I would like to know about a food medicine called Deplin that was recently recommended by my integrative doctor but refused by my psychiatrist. It does require a prescription as it is a mega dose of methylfolate. I suffer from depression and anxiety. I am on an SSRI. I have deficiencies in folate and
low levels of B12, pre diabetic, and an autoimmune skin disease. I am
what is referred to as elderly in the traditional medical community, 65yrs. If you can give me a resource before the summit, I would appreciate it but also will
look forward to your questioning your guests about Deplin. Thank you.
Zana
Thanks – great question. I will make sure to ask Dr Lynch about Deplin. I know we’ll be talking about “more is not necessarily better” when it comes to methylfolate (and anything for that matter!) and how some people may not need high doses. I’m assuming you had genetic testing done and have one of the MTHFR defects?
Other than the high amounts issue, I favor methylfolate (this form – L-5-MTHF/L-5-Methyltetrahydrofolate or 6(S)-L-MTHF/6(S)-L-Methyltetrahydrofolate) from a professional grade supplement company over Deplin because of the added ingredients in Deplin:
DEPLIN 7.5mg Dietary Ingredients: Dibasic Calcium Phosphate Dihydrate, Silicified Microcrystalline Cellulose 90, Silicified Microcrystalline Cellulose HD 90, OpadryII Blue 85F90748 (Polyvinyl Alcohol, Titanium Dioxide [color], PEG 3350, Talc and FD&C Blue #2[color]), L-methylfolate Calcium, Magnesium Stearate (Vegetable Source), and Carnauba Wax.
DEPLIN 15mg Dietary Ingredients: Dibasic Calcium Phosphate Dihydrate, Silicified Microcrystalline Cellulose 90, Opadry II Orange 85F43102, (Polyvinyl Alcohol, Titanium Dioxide [color], PEG 3350, Talc, FD&C Yellow #6[color], FD&C Yellow #5[color], FD&C Red #40[color] and FD&C Blue #2[color]), L-methylfolate Calcium, Magnesium Stearate (Vegetable Source), and Carnauba Wax.
Neither contain sugar, lactose, yeast or gluten.
This is from an older insert. I’ve requested a new insert and will come back and make sure this is still the same.
I find it strange that the Deplin package insert is not readily available on their site – you have to request it! (https://www.deplin.com/package-insert/)
Thanks
Trudy
When and where can we register? Thanks!
Hi Neil
You can register at http://www.theanxietysummit.com For now this will be pre-registration for season 3 i.e to hear the above speakers/topics.
You will still see season 2 speakers on the site – we are in the process of adding all the new speakers/topics and this should be ready early next week.
Trudy
Thank you. Additionally I’m also confused about Dr Lynch and Dr Walsh’s views on Methylation. Hopefully Dr Lynch can address this. Really looking forward to season 3!
Great Neil – I have the feeling it’s a lot bigger than we can cover in an hour but I hope to get the discussion going and getting some clarification.
So pleased you’re joining us! You’re going love season 3!
Trudy,
What an impressive line up and important topic. I love how giving you are with the information. I think it will be incredibly helpful to have the blog posts from each speaker along with additional resources.
Nicely done. I have no doubt it will be a huge success and help many.
Write on!~
Lisa
Thanks Lisa – the blog posts are also a great way to connect with folks tuning in. To answer questions and get valuable feedback – for me and the speakers.
Hi Trudy,
I was wondering if you are familiar with the work of Dr. Marty Hinz. He is using amino acids to treat a variety of disorders especially Parkinson’s. (neurosupport.com/neutraceuticals) He says amino acids need to be balanced. “When the nutrient 5-HTP is administered as a single agent, dopamine depletion may occur. If dopamine depletion is induced, 5-HTP is no longer functioning as a nutrient; it is a drug. When L-dopa is administered as a single agent, it may deplete serotonin, and would then be considered a drug, not a nutrient.”
Hi Rose
Thanks for sharing this and his quote which I’ve not heard before. I’m aware that some practitioners like to recommend certain amino acids in specific ratios but I find using them based on your unique needs at the time works well for my clients.
Trudy
I commented earlier but in reading all the comments, I want to comment about Deplin. I was on Deplin for about a year and I felt it helped me. However, my doctor refused to continue me on it. Now that I read the ingredients and having interviewed Mira Dessy for my recent summit, this list has capital letters, numbers and things I can’t pronounce; therefore, stay away!!!
Tandy
Thanks for sharing and yes the ingredients are nasty. I love that you had Mira on your summit. Her work and book “The Pantry Principle” is excellent. She was actually a speaker on season 1 and shared how additives in your food can make you anxious (http://www.season1.theanxietysummit.com/)
If you did well on Deplin in the past and still feel you need some nutritional support you may want to consider a methylfolate supplement.
Trudy
Trudy,
The panel is super impressive! The experience and knowledge
across the board is amazing. I am certain the participants will obtain life changing information.
Thanks Mitch – I’m thrilled with all my speakers and their expertise! and our interviews are just superb! This will be life-changing…
Trudy, I learn so much about food and food related illness reading your blog posts. Will you be covering E.Coli? Our Rotary Club recently took on a cause related to E.Coli awareness.
Good stuff Mary Ellen! WE don’t cover it this summit but if you have a cause on the topic it must be a big one and maybe we should consider it – please do share more about your cause so more folks know
Wow! You’ve gathered some real movers and shakers! This is going to be amazing! : D
Thanks PJ – I’m thrilled with the line-up. I have just one interview to go and every interview I’ve done has been fantastic!
I just heard your wonderful webinar from Hawthorn University. Very well done. I have also enjoyed your talks about targeted amino acids. I was wondering though if you could help clear some of my confusion. I’ve recently heard numerous speakers (eg Kelly Brogan) and read articles by Dr David Healy and Dr Joanna Moncrieff who all basically say it’s not about the serotonin for example and seem to work hard to reverse what they describe as to theories that are too reductionistic. It sounds like you have had great results with targeted aminos but I’m trying to bring these various theories together. Thanks again! Neil
Hi Neil
Thanks – glad you have enjoyed these! I’m very familiar with Dr Kelly Brogan’s stance on this and will have to check out what Dr David Healy and Dr Joanna Moncrieff have to say. Do you happen to have some links from the latter?
I’m not saying all depression and anxiety is due to low serotonin – just that it is one possible contributing factor. As you’ve heard I have had amazing results with targeted aminos and with tryptophan in particular. I would challenge anyone who says the aminos don’t work to try them with their clients or on themselves!
It’s unfortunate that we have these conflicting views but the good thing is that it keeps us on our toes – questioning and digging deeper is always good!
Why do you ask and have you experienced good results using aminos?
Trudy